ian1964 10,669 Posted October 11, 2010 Share Posted October 11, 2010 At Easter Road tonight,should be a good game. BILLY STARK admits steering Scotland into the Euro Championship finals would stand against anything he's achieved in his coaching career. The former Celtic assistant and Kilmarnock boss, who sends his Under-21s in against Iceland tonight, said: "A win would be up there with the highlights of my career. "At Celtic when we won the Scottish Cup in 1995 it ended seven years without a trophy and that was a huge relief. "I've other memorable nights such as promotion at Kilmarnock and winning the B&Q Cup with Hamilton. "It's been very satisfying working with this group since the first match, a friendly against Northern Ireland at Hamilton in November 2008. "Players have come and gone and others have come through and it's been a real pleasure coaching them and watching them develop. "I love watching guys such as Barry Bannan using the Under-21s as a springboard to go from the fringes of the reserves at Aston Villa to being a first-team player. "Gerard Houllier speaks well of him and was going to start him at Spurs last week until he changed his mind at the last minute so he rates him highly." The size of the task facing Stark's side at Easter Road tonight is highlighted by the amount of senior caps already earned by their opponents but the manager is adamant the spirit in his squad can more than compensate for their lack of exposure on the international stage. He said: "Iceland have 74 full caps in their Under-21 side which must be unheard of at this level. "Our experience compared with theirs is minimal but it's all relative and if some of our players were Icelandic they would have full caps too. "We have shown a strong mentality and that's going to be a big thing for us. "I'm not saying to them to go out and get a goal in the opening five minutes but we need to win and to do that we need to take risks and go forward at the correct times." Stark is adamant his squad have players in abundance to take the game to Iceland. He said: "We have a lot of forward-thinking players - Maguire, Murphy, Bannan, Goodwillie and McGinn." Murray Davidson is out injured, Scott Arfield banned and David Templeton and Jason Marr carrying knocks. Hull's Tom Cairney and Rangers kid Kyle Hutton have been drafted in. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
metlika 0 Posted October 11, 2010 Share Posted October 11, 2010 I hope we do it as we won't have much success with our current full team, as the manager doesn't play strikers. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian1964 10,669 Posted October 11, 2010 Author Share Posted October 11, 2010 I hope we do it as we won't have much success with our current full team, as the manager doesn't play strikers. It's on sky4 I believe,although I'm sure there is a stream going for it 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian1964 10,669 Posted October 11, 2010 Author Share Posted October 11, 2010 HT 0-0, the young guys are playing well,a 1-0 win will do them so hopefully keep playing as they are and they'll get through 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian1964 10,669 Posted October 11, 2010 Author Share Posted October 11, 2010 1-1,two crackin goals 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian1964 10,669 Posted October 11, 2010 Author Share Posted October 11, 2010 2-1 Iceland, another superb strike,that'll be that then,glorious failure 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whosthedado 1,625 Posted October 11, 2010 Share Posted October 11, 2010 3 great goals as you say Ian. Thought we should have changed things around a little bit earlier. The Icelandic team look good to be fair. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
metlika 0 Posted October 11, 2010 Share Posted October 11, 2010 Glorious failure it is. Although the guy that scored is worth more than the whole of our U-21 side tbh. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazza_8 233 Posted October 12, 2010 Share Posted October 12, 2010 Just saw the goals on SSN. Unbeliebale Jeff! 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian1964 10,669 Posted October 12, 2010 Author Share Posted October 12, 2010 3 great goals as you say Ian. Thought we should have changed things around a little bit earlier. The Icelandic team look good to be fair. Aye,is there something in the Scottish coaching manual that tells coaches not to make a sub until at the very least 70min??? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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